What are your thoughts on the valuations of the Listed Equity markets which, in turn, affects the valuations of the Private markets? Gautam, you have a much tougher challenge than me being an investor in these frothy markets, it is truly a challenge. And I think putting money to work in private markets is probably even...
You had a wonderful and brief journey in Bollywood, but you made a mark; how did you stumble upon this path? Even as a little girl, I enjoyed the performing arts. I did ballet for 12 years, elocution and was always on the stage in school. I never realised I would be an actor. It happened...
I was talking with a young adult about going to gym. I asked him if he went to exercise because he was unwell, for fitness perspective or overall health. He said he did so for his health. That made me question why we never go to see a psychiatrist or a therapist to check in...
It is indeed a pleasure to receive this award. I want to say a heartfelt thank you for recognising and rewarding the work that we do at the Jai Vakeel Foundation with children and adults with intellectual disability. I think receiving this award for Best Teacher 2021 could not have come at a better...
Although I am a vaccine manufacturer and developer, vaccines alone will not be the answer for us to get out of the pandemic. We will need vaccines and other solutions, including therapeutics and faster diagnostics or better diagnostics. The virus is mutating very fast. One hopeful answer to this would be that with multiple mutations,...
Countries like Norway are seeing a 50 per cent adoption of electric cars. There are targets to reduce carbon dioxide and the best way to do that is to move away from internal combustion and to look at alternative sources. Electric cars have gathered momentum around the world but not so much in India. What are the...
Electric cars have really gathered momentum around the world but in India, not so much. I would like to set a background of electric cars vis-à-vis the usual internal combustion engine which has been around since the car was invented in 1885 and it is still around very much but obviously, we are seeing the...
I was an active player until 2015, when I retired to increase focus on and publicity of the women’s cricket team. Therefore, I chose the field of media. The 2017 Women’s World Cup final was painful for all of us. I was in the press box for that final, one of three Indians covering the tournament...
Everything was going pretty well for the markets up until March, you are talking about how things might peak in the US economy, the US economy through 2019 has seen a growth around 2-2.5 to 3 percent. Trump era policy is working and he is pretty much beating his own trumpet saying how much the...
Much of the world is seeking to bring manufacturing home, but how are they going to it? What will enable India to bring back manufacturing to its shores and become a factory for the rest of the world? Does digital have a role to play here? The trend has been there for a while, geo-politics has...
You work with start-ups, tell us a little bit about scaling up; how do you transition? Also, what advice do you give family promoters on professionalising? I have been involved with scaling up for 15-odd years, much before it became fashionable. It has taught me to take a cold-hearted look so as to what is the...
MY FIRST MEMORY IS OF LEARNING ABOUT ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN SCHOOLS THROUGH LECTURES AND TEXTBOOKS. EVERY TIME THERE WAS A LECTURE ABOUT ENVIRONMENT, I ALWAYS CLOSED MY EYES AND THOUGHT WHAT A BORING LECTURE AND I AM SURE THAT IS WHAT MOST OF US THINK. SO, IN THE INTEREST OF NOT MAKING IT...